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the_dengle on 28 January 2015
ktay95 said:

And release games for it =P

Do they? Damn, the Vita's already been replaced and I didn't even realize it.



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Nem on 28 January 2015
the_dengle said:
Nem said:

LOL! Right, i'm sure thats a great idea. 

They dropped first party support to the Vita like it was yesterdays...err you know. It would be interesting just to see how awfully it would sell. Sony is done on the portable gaming market after the Vita. Wether they like it or not.

Nah, they already make Android phones.


Those are not portable gaming devices. 

Nope! They arent.



RenCutypoison on 28 January 2015
Burek said:
Darwinianevolution said:
Why would Google stop supporting the app? It doesn't seem to be really expensive to mantain.


This is just a guess, because I have no technical or software knowledge, but Google has announced that they are dropping Adobe Flash from YouTube, and will start utilizing HTML5 exclusively.

Maybe they just didn't want to bother spending time updating the app to the new system.


Actually it would sony's job to update their browser in that case.



Burek on 28 January 2015
RenCutypoison said:
Burek said:


This is just a guess, because I have no technical or software knowledge, but Google has announced that they are dropping Adobe Flash from YouTube, and will start utilizing HTML5 exclusively.

Maybe they just didn't want to bother spending time updating the app to the new system.


Actually it would sony's job to update their browser in that case.

As the OP info states, the browser is not the problem, it is the app itself. YouTube will still be available through the browser, and the app is probably Google's responsibility.



ktay95 on 28 January 2015
Nem said:


Those are not portable gaming devices. 

Nope! They arent.

... portable, games are played on them, infact more time is spent playing games on them then 3DS and Vita combined, not a portable gaming device. Got ya =P



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ktay95 on 28 January 2015
the_dengle said:
ktay95 said:

And release games for it =P

Do they? Damn, the Vita's already been replaced and I didn't even realize it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=PlayStation%20Mobile%20Inc.&hl=en



the_dengle on 28 January 2015
ktay95 said:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=PlayStation%20Mobile%20Inc.&hl=en

I think that's actually more games than they released for Vita.

Knack's Quest omg this is a gold mine



Nem on 28 January 2015
ktay95 said:
Nem said:
 


Those are not portable gaming devices. 

Nope! They arent.

... portable, games are played on them, infact more time is spent playing games on them then 3DS and Vita combined, not a portable gaming device. Got ya =P

Nope! They arent! :P

I refuse to recognise their existance as anything more than phones. They have no controls. Touch screen gaming isnt proper gaming.



dyremose on 28 January 2015

I used it while on the can. Not the greatest app, but it worked.



PieToast on 28 January 2015

Wouldn't call that a step closer to whatever. They're removing the app because no one was using so I guess it's not gonna devalue or decrease the use of the system for anyone.



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